Hey wpqx, there is also a documentary prior to that ... Body Without Soul (1996) ... I watched it when I was in United States ... Frankly, I am still SHOCKED by the scenes in the mortuary ... dont know how to erase those away ... ;(

I`m ashamed that I haven`t commented yet, with me being a Czech cinema lover and all. But during the last two months I didn`t have much time for our board, and there are still dozens of posts I have to read, yet (Thank god for the markers - though my PC is always stacked with hengcs` "books").
So, I just decided to start reading the thread, BUT
I`ll have to postpone it, as I was invbited to participate at some boardgames right now.
But I`ll definitely add my two cents worth in the future on everything that has alreaady been said and more.

But as not to leave without any info, I strongly advise all of you to check out the Czech films by Alexander Hammid (also known as Alexandr Hackenschmied) and Otokar Vavra from the 30s!!

Maybe you could watch the fairly recent film, Something Like Happiness (2005) by Bohdan Slama, which created quite a stir in the Rotterdam festival. I didn't think much of the film, but would be keen to know how you respond.

Ok, finished reading the last thread in "World Cinema" I hadn` yet gone through. Now I can finally click that MArk Forum Read button.

I haven`t seen most of the films that have been reviewed so far, but at least I recall two thirds being mentioned some place or another. Here in Germany not much is available really, and if so, it`s on VHS which means dubbed, which means, for the most part, unacceptable.
From the Czechoslovakian films I`ve seen, I liked "Daisies" (1966) and "Diamonds of the Night" the most.

Let`s see who will be the winner in the end. Former heavyweight Czechian madhuban, or the young but hard training contender wpqx?
The fight over our boards Czechspert has begun.

wpqx wins hands down simply for giving us so many good reviews from his czech festival. Just look at the number of Czech films I have reviewed with all my advertised enthusiasm! [dying with embarrassment]